2014 Italian Grand Prix

[FAS33]

It’s Monza time baby!


Racings back at the good ‘’ol’’ Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, which means when translated Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in English. This is a great time to for F1 racing fans to tune into this race, as it’s getting close at the top as we get into the more serious end of the Season during these final few stages.


More or less expecting Mercedes to take the win at this track, but don’t count out Red bull who were on pace at Belgium two weeks ago, Williams are bringing a new aero-package to this track, and with the form that Bottas is in, they should be at the front before lights out on Sunday at best. The two spearhead drivers at Mercedes should work out their differences and work for the title and team and not take each other out, if that happens, one of the two will win it as should be the case every race to date, the weather forecast looks fine for this weekend’s 13th race on the Calendar.



Venue: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Circuit length: 5.793km/3.599miles
Laps: 53
Race distance: 306.720km/190.586miles
Lap record: 1min 21.046secs (Rubens Barrichello, 2004)
2013 pole position: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1min 23.755secs
2013 fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1min 25.849secs
Number of corners: 11
Tyre compounds to be used: medium/hard

[TheNo1F1Fan]

And FP1 drivers wil be Roberto Merhi, Daniel Juncadella and Giedo van der Garde.

[chillibowl]

nice work with the translation!

[FAS33]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

nice work with the translation!

it's all that Google Translate was offering me.

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

nice work with the translation!

Because I'm good at katakana and also hiragana.

[bjohnsonsmith]

I always look forward to the Italian GP and with the ongoing Hamilton/Rosberg saga, this should be an interesting race.

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

I always look forward to the Italian GP and with the ongoing Hamilton/Rosberg saga, this should be an interesting race.

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Silanna logo is on the sidepod and not on the engine cover...Caterham's livery has worsened...

[Born Racer]

An important pole for Hamilton of course, because he's made a few mistakes recently in qually or things have not come together, but more importantly an important battle for this drivers' championship because now it's time to see Rosberg overtake Hamilton and in any case Hamilton needs a clean run at some point to get his challenge back on track.

[jimclark]

Originally Posted by FAS33

as we get into the more serious end of the Season during these final few stages.

Errrr...I didn't know that the points from the previous end of the season were less valuable than the next....

You learn sumpin' new every day...

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by jimclark

Errrr...I didn't know that the points from the previous end of the season were less valuable than the next....

You learn sumpin' new every day...

You get double points for the last race.

[bjohnsonsmith]

A clean start but Lewis drops to 4th as Magnussen and Massa are 2nd and 3rd.

[jimclark]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

You get double points for the last race.

Noooo....

(psssstttt....a secret.....I wuz being sarcastic in above post )


Besides, all the more reason previous points earnings were very important so as to build a lead in caes of someone "lucking" into the lead because of the arbitrary last race double points....

[Teretonga]

Hmm
They showed a shot a shot of paddy with a worried look on his face as the lights came on. I felt immediately that Hamilton would have a problem and that's what happened.
One of my fears was that Hamilton would be compromised over the next races and there is nothing here that would surprise me if the result was being 'managed' by Mercedes.
If that's so then this is a 'soft championship' for Nico. We'll see how the race progresses.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Some impressive driving from Bottas as he's back up to 4th.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Rosberg blew it at the chicane and Hamilton takes the lead and Alonso is out.

[bjohnsonsmith]

I don't see why Magnussen should get that penalty.

[bjohnsonsmith]

That was a great move by Ricciardo on Vettel.

[garcon]

Originally Posted by Teretonga

Hmm
They showed a shot a shot of paddy with a worried look on his face as the lights came on. I felt immediately that Hamilton would have a problem and that's what happened.
One of my fears was that Hamilton would be compromised over the next races and there is nothing here that would surprise me if the result was being 'managed' by Mercedes.
If that's so then this is a 'soft championship' for Nico. We'll see how the race progresses.

More tin foil hatted conspiracy nonsense... in my opinion, of course.

Maybe Rosberg missing the chicane was team management too?

Quietly hoping Lewis will hold on, just to keep the championship fight interesting.

Last five laps could be crucial.

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by garcon

More tin foil hatted conspiracy nonsense... in my opinion, of course.

Maybe Rosberg missing the chicane was team management too?

Quietly hoping Lewis will hold on, just to keep the championship fight interesting.

Last five laps could be crucial.

My concerns were rubbish garcon. It has panned out quite different so we'll see what happens at the end.

[garcon]

Originally Posted by Teretonga

My concerns were rubbish garcon. It has panned out quite different so we'll see what happens at the end.

I reckons Totto's just playing with us.

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by garcon

Maybe Rosberg missing the chicane was team management too?

This didn't even cross my mind until Eddie Jordan's rather bizarre question... and Toto Wolff's odd reaction to it. Up until then, I had assumed it was a minor driver error. However, it seems social media is boiling over with it. Just don't know what to think now... the off track soap opera seems to be subsuming this championship.

[MarkG]

Originally Posted by davyboy

This didn't even cross my mind until Eddie Jordan's rather bizarre question... and Toto Wolff's odd reaction to it. Up until then, I had assumed it was a minor driver error. However, it seems social media is boiling over with it. Just don't know what to think now... the off track soap opera seems to be subsuming this championship.

It could simply be some sort of relief that Rosberg's error prevented the two potentially coming together near the race end, because Hamilton was definitely going to catch Rosberg and would then certainly try to pass at some stage.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by MarkG

It could simply be some sort of relief that Rosberg's error prevented the two potentially coming together near the race end, because Hamilton was definitely going to catch Rosberg and would then certainly try to pass at some stage.

You could call it damage limitation, .

[Paradise City]

Could it be a bit of temper on the part of Rosberg against the team? Melodramatically throwing himself out of the way once Hamilton catching him was clearly inevitable. Presumably not - but I just thought I'd throw that out there.